000015453 ~. The' .ttr ~ oroo h,u prima~- res.:onsibi2ity s`or 3awsti,~;.-tir~ "tlyiss~ ~.LCa: s= T,'~e w-it consereteQ.kitli t:~ere invoa`i~tior}s.is~. ~ of the nir :echaia~], Intelti?ance ~or:tur at iytoa, ?hio~ itt13 consists of three ottfcers (a C.y,tsi~ in eh:u';;n) .,.n.: tao ciri].is.ns.:he~r receive reaorEs of si,~ia~s, +tn~1~=e t~t:d uttew;~t to ox^~ tt~eat..a at:tN..rl r~or"3et; lazx h,,,.re b;rert ,ara~:s~ s.hiok is tsei on . ti;orl ij.:ire b.:sis. 1".te wir' ro.-ee Cf:ias of d,+ed.r1 ta~restii;,.at:tona crc into tiah si;.htiR; aCte~atie~,r, to ~iotarh:Sna ita withonCisitr cad LGe re]3~bi'~.it of tc:e oise^ver. . ' ? .' II. (H) :a ..ir .'ores ol3ici~.3;/ :2e~w thct '?llylssg anncera* are; stool, e.o., :e,2rict;ot?~ ~a : zs+3aat3.afas exse3 b~ te~er~ure ' inversions, is rs~~.au ~:eetas~., b~3]. Li~:`,.nict;, etc. III. ~oL ~; shrei a~' eri~:.an:= ~.i^.ts to s;iostaaE33te txe ba13,e: =?-i n;,,?~~ sacc6,s'- ara ^steri? ob~ec.s :.ot s'??i?3a,~ :nto ~te,+'ar? ~{l) above. iu t5s L.3.), :~?r,.ra.'"t, uetoora, clams=s, etc. not reco,~ef~sd .~ arch b,; tx o'~sa: var. . . ? - ra ~,l?,? .'^.? o: t..a ~i.ac :~:tere rl+~ah ,-ra .t ~?esrrtC ~aor2~ un::er- (1 ~ .:e12 Ha~tos.st ob~aats s~seh :;.s bal3.oatis (oror 4Z+~+G ar xele~.ssi ~ ;:' ISf. d st_ti o.? "_3"?4'i'~S s. acez" Siy inks oa ~ ~eo,~,uhic:l b~.. ~:e~ then to be krfr ~: ei~:eaL in t:a ?r3. <= y of atc.~?c eritr,,;,,f irsta:2~tiares (shic.'~ S.s er.~t~c3 b;- the b*se~:ter arr.::?it~ ~onsci;,i:sness oP rersaas i?~ L;~se Y:eas). T:?..:. b;N-:: c lust>- a: fatozic S:ss.b1 r:=Y ii: so :Q tea? act c.~ts~?--ti~l.:~g to : ou::cs ?Lg+~b:s__ca-s" :.:s not been ?.:i~:..-:vad. T:s meat n~:bsr ~' sfti":tio,;s ~s been r.?=?1e at or rsz D,Zrvoa, (~.~o xhsre ttse 3svc ',iratioc-x an a~4. on. v. or t::e _h~~aac,:s ~_?".:n,Ys;.E ssucarsM sio*te3 of x;iic9 there ?~ rep: ?:.=s ;,!:~ ~r Fa. ~s s~?-s :.'tt' ? n :s~:va Lwan sr.;.].oirtei h; eit':ar ItB(1) or IIB(:.~} r.:.c :??; , ~ have ha::. r.~~cssS as :aa,::as sai t'sc ~ ?t:a3tifc~ :ctp h~~e ~ bp~c ex,~L?insu ar!.:~ri3; b=_aa,.se os t'.:3 y; ;;.:a doseri;~t; oss n-.. ven `~ otsez~ers. ' Ili. The .ter 3o:es is :~a'.w,~ istera~a.i in the "saucer> ~ro'.~.ent' :,~;se ar its ~."3-c1u7-obi= = 4a:is?~ .i.'_i3ic~t:ona.' I.~ ^ev!u:irr; prylfestio.?~ ~i~cfs~ lcr Savi const~t; ca, t ;are ::..s rat bsen ~ s? ?:;;te . ff..'oititu=o to "tir3a~; sa ;?sra". Cn t:x oti:er :w'i:i, sarer?? =fs,~acar" socioties in tx t;nitei States hxvr been i?.re:.i.i;,a iie3 a..rn'=s:s c~so::e cf t::ese so;.~eLies :::?-fch :uro bc=n i~trf~.~ti in ;;ecjiin~ ".: "-~?s s_ -:_" c.:.:.e bore tl:e :aus:.i_ :uvc tso~ e::~ss.3.. ss bxi~er d~t:3t:r? 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Tior noaLhs Lhts xa~oz~4 tress 000015453 ' dlta vas t~lfar Frith this sopos'Z east ra aatf-c>Zllsiao 2tgh: laarallsst3oa oa s Cs~eitat Ais'L'nas sis,~lsas. .Zsiia any sa:aty aavlas, s 13~ltt ro~ste3 .? oa Lhe ros>. oi' ~ rss~2aao, osaillateo htsle saa tozih IateFaS2.y si4iis,: ~o Lhoas lasCallo3 oss ears sobtsiaaaan aaa pallQO aa~. d ohwk ML~t Cagts~ . ?trli:sa reyesl.a~d that sat atria t3ttaa ~d~h sneb a ltghti ha~E sc. ia" 1rh3ls YI~3 aear Fists :~ at the aact?t3as acid pZaao oZ ~t!~s i'eFes'6Ss~ . 7.aL vs t~ ~ to aats~aazirsl ptiaeansma. ?u th4 ~L~ta soae y2aasts~ - paat3asSr1~ Foxe, rya ba? sews olear3,7 as s br2gb~ xhtts ob~scE, aarea a> high rs~s nndss ca:tsL aa:.i>3ana. Jtt aiy'~* asieo~ 0~ ~'"tatss vsr3etios tacsar_:_-e iersrsir_a s~.i eond3tlosss st Zv_~tsteat ti~c!rg of air ~at g~t]y . SapiC:,; scn~3! rc: clonrls Iatt2 sa a~araat ~atioA to a t'~ze3 bow. Sbs rrooA . 4.5. Coin-.3 a:::c=2tarns pheaexes:oa erbLc's hss baea raisar:aQ for as.- :~ os, apgesrs !a tastoaa col~oYS bu4 Sts nature io sot lraont. St. EL-sts tire, eoro3 cSscba~e'rb J-ssora 3osraatts a?-s raelxSo3tseel, in ss ~atioL~ c= to:^s ~ :*_sir nsc! saatssre 1s usLmo~rs. '+~ss soreasa4 of vo: tice9 pu'~3ic and ot'flcia'~ itttcrest in tho aub~ect. Regaosts tai irdc~.zatfa~ have poured its oa the lit force, including as oYfY.cia1 query t'rc~s the ~.ts House. F'lnallr, opt J~.s7,~ 29a General 5aetord hrld a press confere*tee in tr'si.ch 2ta stay?oda t>zat anaZfs; s shooed nso ,-~at$era oY agj#biug reaotelT oonsiSts.Y mth a~ ~:we to td8 IIaited StateS;A t~tat recent ~B~S~Si&tOIZ si~~npz rere po.sib?~ pia tc 'ten?eratt~e i.nverslons," others to io~r.~.zed clx::s, ice :or3a~ors, eto.; t`iat instro:renat3.oa ea::ld be empbasi.zsd hencs_orth fa the ~.r Force stuc;r. lde e~haticallj stated ' the its co :el::.~ons to v~~ious theories tdv.ch have been propoundeda said to try tc z~csc_i zone con:li: ion as to the intcllf~sce i:~~lications of t9c 000015453 ' problea -- if ate. 2n view of the sd.de ia??re sc~ac~. ~e inters~.eaed a rapresen`~.a2tive of Air .l OTCs $peCf31. $,~,5~ CLv.'.?9. ~Oua^.Sil(~' th'~$a Te Spent A ~ at ~Tl~it Fiel3 is a t'aesatyh discussion r3th the officers conducting the J!i'IC at'~?v a ~d '-~ ^?~',7 ~ tool t]~a problea to a selected g; osr~ at aar oral iron- a:1. t:~~ s, :.e have -cone ug .with facts, theories, esplanatiors ? - ~ ?. aAd'so~a corclus3o:s, which Rt X11 tamer in a brief summary o.[ r7,y~nu 000015453. . c,:;alainsd sightings and of possfblo theorise regardi~ the nttemlained. :7e aace no recamendatiAna o! actiaa. ~e could aak that gtusstio.~s be ~s Sanest fiaors isi this oovuLry started 3a dune 19k? i*hea P,ennoth AT:~7.d, a reputable business aan tly3ag his Dart plane reported ides 3i.sea ~~ iu Sortay.on plat :.:auat Rsdstier at an eat3aated speed of 1000 wiles per hou=. ~ ThLs ::aa q~+.ck1y folla~nedin early July l9h? b,P reports tree a dactor in Ph~eni-., ~rfzona, t'se p31ot anti co?-ai7.ot of a tfnited Air I.iac~r- at 8of~sa} Taa;n, sad ~7.d staff ~.~nazs at roe Test. Base, Ca]ifa_-ai.a. Tas p?~c .:.s aone~at precond4.tioaed b? the earlier S:.e~s~ resorts of ~L'^.ti~ied rockets arc' the press had a ~.sld day. l~nR.g ',,hs coatis ag a :d 3acreasing n~tss of regorEs over t2a: r~ay~s, three fnrt`ser incidents risich received uLde publicity eaight be aent3oaed .as j.:rs; did much nay only to nafntain interest bat aLro to su~1y bases to: s =- of ~: ~..: a f~tastic ~heoriea. 'In Jsnuany I9Ii6~ an iaterceptiors tress ay:~?te3 ay ~o~art Field ffent~acly and th? plot - Capta3,Z ~aj~,ell - crate ~;: ~;: ti;as ~~ .d. In O:.tobsr 191ia, a t;attanal Gaas~ fi~tcr pilot at ?':;~;0, 2.or th D.a.`:ota - Lt. ~~Onan -- eocrYng ~ after dart: spotted s sdnutes pzt on a doS.,tYp-t Y+3.th it, {iaa'L~j-, beinL oatd~st~eed st ' 17000 Scet. T+-e tMrd iactdoat occurred itt 1~.1 1949 st Ito Sands' . Ps+n~ C~aund :'aoa s 2tavy CASna~or, tsacl3ng s missile ~Li~t bp' thsa'..aZite, ~atchad t?.o discs aaaanveria; at 2drh speed a~oua3 the test srss s.~~.at '~ si,bzti3gs aged :tai tlsree estuses: 1. 2!sss 1~, sts~ a 2. 'rsl3.uciaa :aa azd hozc ? 3. ~.siattz~reta~on of :mom objects 1be Wis.=~~s ~i?~ ss eculative boo;:s aed aso~s.^~iae artistes dined . t3,tb; ao~ :~z:~d: rspi-ts of a3.shtings buil#'iii aach a r~aQreace of ~blic i.:,te.est ~.atd.r force, ear];, iz 195~s reop:.^.e~i i~.s stir;, ia.~~.4u'..ed a: rvrl2- ~cc re~o~i.^^.~; s;~stcs, and rlerted its bases to intercept the smidonti3'ied ob~octs. Phases hsd orders rtat Lo a~:oot. Tarr, ].et'a axs~lsse for a aonent rfsa~ atl?thcaa psopie ~ to have seen. Qx^ou~ed broadly as v3.a;ia7,, radar, end ~.~sbinod visual and raaa:, ABC has tro aa~or tiisetal cla,ses -- !'irsL, ap2se:3cr1 aar eltiptic87. 1?se second vis?,zg]. ~~, :12 sdgzb re~L*~, w~sts of ].3,~,:zts esid t ~-io?.is 1?~si~es, sach as green, 27.E red or ~~la.~.te tY: e balls, ~oclri ooi^.ts o~ Ii ~ht, a~ad I?r~nous aLresers. hove =-? ~dc:_Ls, as ~iL's a con.oaaZ. sls~a#`l; aad st~ua, to Iu,000 ~?? rs ~^x l:ou; in the :7csi. v? Sid . fs~de.^_L. YiolezrL aaz.~ivcrn? ras : e~orLed in soaarlaat less than 1Q'o. Acce7 crario:ss lava beer: bivea . s hisis as 20 ~'s. '~wh tcrr sec?t3oas, :here ho.-. bacn a 000015453 '-?~ cases pas3ed ~,5roa~?t`e center of the scope. spend j~y2t 87~:J2^~:g Get the north. Obsst~ers on '~ b~Lda^a picL~d it ~ ~~?zal?,-- as . glare. man sti]1 tar ont, it did. a super~eed IEtl? becn Su? Syr szzalp~cd. T1~o F-jIt's t3t.'~ ~'~crs ~.u~ ~c rcctorcd in o~: 00015453 ? camera aad the ne`at3ve aharra Mari ot-~ect.p Since 79h7, tImre have been about 1500 oS!'lda7. reports oS si~t~iaes glu ~ enorr=oiis vole o: letters, phame ca!'ls sad press s~eQorts. Durirs~ t~.s ~^?~ alone, oS '~ cia= r6ports total3.ed 250. OS the 1$00 l.~C cacrisa 20s as u~lained gad of those received sis-ce ?be first of t1~is dear, roar to shirt a^?~ r-r.~ ~: Force #or a: ~t and into the public da~z=, t'~ere a`e tam -ajar theoz3es in ex~.zaation of the ~g Saacer: F".:rst~ #i:at.it is a II.S. Secret .:+eapon d_~.1o~reat. 9~Cs has been de:~e8 of~c_aL,^ art "+he 2~,.atest level of goverr~e;.t sad to uaatee doubl;r cc~w.,- ::e e?.L:ied s'r.-.:~~? isaan, ~aairaaes o~ t3o Research and Develo~st 30~-_. CZ a: 107 S~:c~t basis, he, too, dcrzics it. Ho:ever~ in the tic rs_-: ~cac@ -~^yc., t_nd to con:il;a the denials - tYrst, the o~f5.ci~. t ?...r .. *4 ?s~2 ... ?~ P .~.~ ~? ~ 1 ectia~ ~o*'rler'~fl?, .?I dir Force cro ~aazds to intercept, and second, the :.^.`-:??lic?._blc ria.: as~cet of such iy~ ..in est:tblishcd airlancs. 000015453 resd~b ~ mess re~a-is to chacr ?1i~-t t?a~s. o~ the rorld TTar 22 J~ basoaa utcrt ~~ preset mares aad`,ae prlndplca, ~ have absolutely no intellig~ce o! such s tecbiaolo?caZ , adva?:ee as lmoutd ba iandi.csted here in either desig or sestet soe~ree. Fiu~te:, there seers to be no logical mason for the seeaa~ty s3s1c rM.ch patters. ~.'oreaar, it s>o?3d bs .;.enti.oned twat thea is a totall,? ~.^~ported thesis that ~...; s ~,7 be :s :tussiaa high altitu3e devrlo~aeat 13Se r~ ~ si else:~are ~ that apace trave3. is possible, there is planet: t+zQel? ere. Yea tho-,~4 ~s eight orbit that inie2li.geat i :s *..~i 3 tTseo-y 3s ~ze~ sea t+oa 'mss -space ships -- inter- ao shr:~ o= t:'iZence to su~o:'t this theox~ at present. Tfoere have beet ra as~:x~cd observatioae in con~r..atton - ~ s2i.~hteat l .: iaiaca~cc of ~t'~e o= ~ttiieg 's~ich ~ to uld ~ro6aY~y 3ie :uscesrary -and no w aa~ ~. ro::=rte', :.t ni~;3st be noted that ^.o~.cr. '.Sc Lau~nlin (oi t~.c :~. i -= Sa^c~s :coo=t), a zrabcr of Ccneral ''its balloon pco~lc 000015453 aad aar~ others are reported to be co~nvJ.nc.~ed of this theorT. She lovrth e~or t~aor1 is that, no~ar Bold br the ktr Foxes, tlsat the si,Wat3siga, Etvcn sdeyuate data, caa be Cglaiaod oa tdso basis eit~r of: 2~.S3.ntergretat3oa of ~a::n objects, or. of as ysr little mtic'eratood aa.~-gal ps* enascaa. . . So Zrsch for the ~is+.a~z7 of the p: oi~l.os. rtta a aunalpsis of tea fir. Force atud~!. ~3 . F.n,~r~ill nc~r plcs np